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The European Convention on Human Rights and the Protection of Socio-Economic Demands

The European Convention on Human Rights and the Protection of Socio-Economic Demands

The European convention on human rights and the protection of socio-economic demands
Ida ElisabethKoch

Introduction

It is widely held that the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) primarily protects civil and political rights, although the notion of positive obligations has long since been recognised in case law from the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). However, case law from the Court has indeed developed and today it is legally acceptable to claim that the Court also protects aspects of socio-economic rights. This development is interesting not only because it blurs the distinction between the two sets of rights but also because of the relative strength of the monitoring bodies. The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural ...

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